Ratheesh KrishnaVadhyar ([info]ratheesh) wrote,
@ 2008-03-31 20:09:00
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Chandamama Magazine, one of the best things that happened in Children's Literature in Post-Independence India, has started an archive service at their website that hosts old copies of the Magazine, at http://www.chandamama.com/content/story_archive_pdf/archive.php. Presently I see that there is only one Malayalam book available (the May 1952 edition), but more books are available of the English version.

I think this is a wonderful gesture from the makers of Chandamama! I hope they would publish a collection of the old books in a print form sometime soon.

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(Anonymous)
2008-04-04 01:01 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for sharing this info. The advertisements in 1952look great!

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Chandamama Collector's Edition
(Anonymous)
2008-05-15 09:00 am UTC (link)
Ratheesh,
They have come up with a Chandamama Collector's Edition in print . But this is in Englsh and I dont know whether a malayalam edition is available. By the way I dont think Chandamama was as popular as Poompata or Balarama in the past . It always lacked a distinct Malayalam touch and had a north Indian influence. You may compare it with the surya tv progams having a tamil cultural flavour always these days.

I used to buy ambily ammavan in my childhood few times because of the Vikram /vetal stories.

Reagards

Rajesh

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Re: Chandamama Collector's Edition
[info]ratheesh
2008-05-15 09:25 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the info, Rajesh. I think I will buy that book.

Ambili Ammavan was not as popular as Poompatta or Balarama and I agree that it didn't have a "Malayalam touch". But I used to love it a lot during my childhood, perhaps because of the ancient-dreamy-simple-ideal Indian Village of some unknown era that it used to bring on its pages. Especially the colorful illustrations - showing thatched huts, curved pathways through country side, trees, shrubs and forests, Jamindars and common-men with their unique costumes, and ghosts moving in the sky - All used to attract me a lot and take me to a different world of fantasy.

Regards,
Ratheesh

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